Combined service stall and service cabinet



:March 15, 1943- E. J. alson 2,314,118 COMBINED SERVICE STALL ANDSERVICE CA BINET' Filed May 15 1941.

52079717707 Edi 707K] J Balm 012 Patented Mar. 16, 1943 i'iE staresCOMBINED SERVICE STALL AND SERVICE. CABINET Edward J. Bisson, St. Paul,Minn., assignor to Harry L. Millberg, Minneapolis, Minn.

Application May 15, 1941, Serial No. 393,561

1 Claim.

My invention provides an extremely simple and highly efiicient servicestall and cabinet adapted for easy application to bars and countersgenerally where beverages, and especially beer, are served. A servicestall without cabinet or attached support for equipment such as ashtrays, service trays, coasters or like articles, is described andclaimed in the prior patent to Fish No. 2,169,183 of August 8, 1939.

The purpose of the so-called service stalls, such as disclosed andclaimed in the said Fish patent is now well understood and, brieflystated, is to provide reserved space where the waitress or waiter maycome to pick up the beverages from the bar or counter. My invention, bythe addition of a service cabinet, provides means for holding variousarticles, such as indicated or others, and which must be used in theservice.

The cabinet, as preferably designed, is in the form of a box havingshelves and this hopper is secured to and supported by the stall-formingrails or handle bars so that the complete device is a self-containedstructure.

A preferred form and several modifications thereof are illustrated inthe accompanying drawing, wherein like characters indicate like partsthroughout the several views.

Referring to the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a view in perspective, some parts being sectioned, showingwhat is at present believed to be a preferred form of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a view corresponding to Fig. 1 but illustrating a modifiedstructure.

In all of the views the numeral Ill indicates a standard or common formof bar or counter. Describing first the structure illustrated in Figs. 1and 2, the numeral I I indicates the stall-forming handle bars or rails,and the numeral I2 indicates the cabinet. The handle bars I I are laterally spaced by the cabinet to which they are rigidly secured. Theupper ends of the handle bars H ar curved upwardly and downwardly andprovided with bearings l3 which may be vacuum cups or any other suitableform, but preferably of a form that will not mar the polished surface ofthe bar or counter. The cabinet I2 is preferably formed open at its topand at its upper front exposed portion and is provided with a box-likebottom.

The handle bars or rails II are shown as secured to the side plates ofthe cabinet by means of screws I4 or th like and in the extreme lowerends of the said bars below the box-like bottom are adapted to besecured to the outer face of the counter by means of screws I5. The backplate of the cabinet is shown as provided with a forwardly turnedhorizontal flange I6 equipped with thumb-screws I! or the like which,when tightened against the projecting ledge of the counter, securelyhold the bearings I3 down on top of the counter back of the raised outerledge thereof; and in this way the complete device is adapted to be veryeasily and quickly secured to the bar or counter. In fact, without theuse of the screws I5 the complete device can be quite securely appliedto the bar or counter.

The cabinet I2, above its box-like bottom, is shown as provided withshelves I8 and I9 that are adapted to support ready for use variousarticles, such as coasters a and ash trays b. Service trays, indicatedat 0, may be contained within the box-like bottom of the cabinet. All ofthe said articles a, b and c are indicated by dotted lines only inFig. 1. Preferably, the entire cabinet is made of sheet metal, such assheet steel finished or surfaced in any desired manner to preventcorrosion thereof.

In the modified arrangement shown in Fig. 3, the hand bars I la areunited by or formed as a part of a cross-bar 20; and in this arrangementthe cabinet I20. is hung on this cross-bar 20 by means of hook-like lugs2|, shown as formed as extensions of the back plate of the cabinet.Thumb-screws I 1a. or the like, applied to the ends of the cross-bar 20,are engageable with the under surface of the projecting ledge of thecounter to secure the hand rails properly spaced on the bar or counter.

The box-like bottom of the cabinet I2a may be further anchored to thefront face of the counter by means of screws I5a or the like. Thecabinet shown in Fig. 3 is like the cabinet first described shown asprovided with shelves I 8a and I9a.

In the several forms of the improved device illustrated, the cabinet iseither primarily secured to the handle bars or rails or will be securedthereto when the device is applied to a counter. Th association of thecabinet to the stall-forming handle bars or rails positions the formerin the space between the handle bars or, in other words, in the spaceallotted to the waitress and at the same time places the cabinet where,while easy access thereto may be had, it is out of the way and does nottake up valuable space or, in fact, any space outside of the small spaceallotted to the waitress.

This improved device or assembly is capable of being made at relativelysmall cost and very quickly applied in working position to a bar orcounter; and if it is desired, may be quickly removed. Othermodifications in the invention, other than those illustrated, may, ofcourse, be made within the scope of the invention herein disclosed andclaimed.

What I claim is:

The combination with a cabinet, of laterally spaced handle bars securedto the front side portions of said cabinet with their upper portionsextended above said cabinet and turned backward and downward forengagement with the face of a counter with the upper bowed portions ofsaid handle bars spanning the ledge of the counter with said cabinetbelow and under said ledge, and in which said cabinet is formed with theupper portion of its back plate turned outward and provided withclamping screws adapted to engage the under surface of the projectingledge 0f the counter and hold the downturned counter-engaging ends ofsaid bars engaged with 10 the top of th counter back of said ledge.

EDWARD J. BISSON.

